The fabulous land of Cathay.

Recounts the experiences of UNESCO's Maritime Silk Roads expedition in the Chinese ports of Guangzhou and Quanzhou, formerly known as Canton and Zayton. The expedition's ship, `Fulk al-Salamah,' the Ship of Peace; Tales brought back by Western travelers to China; Arrival of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism and Nestorianism in China; Brunei and the Philippines, both kingdoms that paid tribute to China's Middle Empire.